A series directed by Amélie Harrault, Pauline Gaillard and Valérie Loiseleux, written by Dan Franck

Television | Documentary

In production

Portraying the 19th century (1830-1871) Parisian Art and literary scene through the intimate lives of the most respected musicians, writers, painters of the time; artists who broke new grounds in the history of art and ideas.
Their names are: Victor Hugo, George Sand, Nadar, Frédéric Chopin, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Charles Baudelaire, Honoré de Balzac, Marie d'Agoult, Alexandre Dumas.
Their intertwined destinies are incredibly romantic, and their timeless world visions are still relevant today.

By the same director and producers of the series 'The Adventurers of Modern Art', sold in more than 30 countries.

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A chronological, themed history of French Rap music, told through a 11-track playlist, emblematic titles from 1990 to this day.
Each episode ends with an original cover by a French emerging artist or rapper.
After FRENCH TOUCH about the history of French electronic music, FRENCH GAME is completing the collection.
Original soundtrack by Lewis OfMan.

Adapted from Dan Franck’s literary trilogy "Bohemian Paris", "Libertad!", "Midnight", the story plunges us into Parisian life at the beginning of the 20th century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism…

Through illustrations, animation and original documents, the 6-part series - constructed as a fiction - traces the highs and lows, scandals and celebrations, tragedies and triumphs that shaped the phenomenal period of Modern Art from the basement of the “Bateau-Lavoir“ in 1900 to the last shudders of World War II.

FRENCH TOUCH is a documentary series which offers a travel back into the French Touch scene, through an original and curated playlist of 12 iconic pieces of French electronic music from 1996 until today - 12 episodes recorded in binaural sound. The series features internationally renowned French artists who contributed to the creation of this new musical style : Laurent Garnier, Nicolas Godin (Air), Chloé, Pedro Winter, Gaspard Augé (Justice), Etienne de Crécy, Philippe Zdar...

From the French aristocracy, supporting the liberal right-wing party and fluent in the Gypsy language Manush, Louis de Gouyon Matignon is a walking contradiction. At 21, he dreams of promoting the culture of the Manush people, evangelizing the world and being accepted into a law masters. From the fairground to the senate, Manush camps to his beautiful apartment in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, Louis is afraid of nothing… except maybe of falling in love, which for him would be a first.

"Smells Like Hip Hop" looks back at 30 years of French Hip Hop culture in alphabetical form. Music, dance or graffiti are the core of this series, which retraces the evolution of the cultural and social phenomenon of Hip Hop.

In contemporary photography, everybody agrees there is a “before” and an “after” THE AMERICANS, Robert Frank’s 1958 photographic manifesto.
Half a century later, French director Philippe Séclier decided to follow in Robert Frank’s footsteps to explore the spirit of the “Beat Generation” and the impact of his book not only on the art of photography, but also on American culture. From Texas to Montana, from Nebraska to Louisiana, from New York to San Francisco, "An American Journey" is a 15,000 miles odyssey through contemporary America, moving between past and present, photography and cinema, and two Americas, separated by time.